Christian Mondrup wrote: > Dirk Laurie wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 07:05:54AM +0200, Don Simons wrote: > >> > >> 3. (and here's where it gets really ugly) use a special FORTRAN > >> program I wrote to go through the prepmx output file, looking for and > >> deleting every occurrence of > >> > >> rp | > >> rp | > >> > > PMX and M-Tx both carry heavily the baggage of what programming > > languages their developers knew back when. > > > > In the meantime, some very interesting programming languages have > > become available. > > > > The above job, and indeed everything currently done by PMX and M-Tx, > > is miles easier in Python than in Fortran or Pascal. (Actually, this > > job can also be done by even a primitive text editor.) Python can also > > take care of the whole tex-musixflx-tex cycle. > > > > If there are any programmers on the list who would be interested in a > > Python project for an updated M-Tx, please e-mail me so that we don't > > have yet another one-person effort. > > I certainly support the idea of converting M-Tx to a collective software > development project. I've done some patches through the past years to > accommodate M-Tx to my needs - and will happily leave the maintenance to > others. > > I have a minor reservation for the python idea, though. It's a scripting > language like perl requiring a python interpreter installed. Unless python > supports generation of stand-alone binaries I foresee difficulties for > Windows users not familiar with software installation.
ActiveState target Python and, although I've never used it for Python (I program principally in OCaml which has a Tcl/Tk library so requires ActiveTCL), their installers are designed to be very simple to install. Choosing a language that can support generation of native executables I would agree is a better course of action, though. Out of interest, though, how many programmers (and in what languages) are there on this list? I must confess for me that's just a curiosity because I don't have the available time to contribute to a rewrite project of M-Tx (or PMX). David (who spends a lot of time these days programming in OCaml and JavaScript) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://mailman.nfit.au.dk/mailman/listinfo/icking-music-archive.org-tex-music
